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The Votic language belongs to the southern group of the Baltic-Finnic languages and is the closest relative of the Estonian language. Western, eastern (main dialects), Kukkusi and Kreevin dialects can be distinguished. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)

Alias		Vod, Vot, водский язык, vaďďaa tšeeli, maa tšeeli, vađđa, vadjdjaa, maaceeli, Wotisch, vad'd'alaizet, vod', čudy, Vodian, Votish, Votisch, vodskij jazyk, vadjan keel, vatjan kieli, Vote, Votian,
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Uralic, Finnic
ORTHGRAFIE		None
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		vot
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		West Vod East Vod
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

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Informationen von: “Correlation between social and linguistic parameters in modeling language contact: Evidence from endangered Finnic varieties” (53-76) . Elena Markus and Fedor Rozhanskiy (2013) De Gruyter Mouton

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
61

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2011 (speaker numbers); 1991 (ethnic population)

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"Both Ingrian and Votic populations have decreased drastically from the second half of the 20th-century onwards... In less than a hundred years, the number of Votes decreased almost tenfold while the number of Ingrians did not change significantly."

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

Lower prestige

INSTITUTIONELLE UNTERSTÜTZUNG

Language classes organized by activists, newspaper Maaväči

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Ingrian
Russian

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

"...Votic identity has to some extent been restored in the last ten years, partially due to the national Votic festivals that have been held regularly in Luutsa village."

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

None

Rechtschreibung

"Votic has never had a written variety."

ORTE: Leningrad oblast, Russia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Lower Luga area

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
73

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1997

ORTE: Russia;

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: St. Petersburg, Kingisepp

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Muttersprachler weltweit

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Muttersprachler weltweit

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<25
Muttersprachler weltweit
KINDER
0
JUNGE ERWACHSENE
0
ERWACHSENE
0
ÄLTERE PERSONEN
<25

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

All speakers are elderly, and prefer Russian in daily communication. All
modern idiolects are heavily influenced by Ingrian, Finnish and Russian.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Russian

ORTE: Northwestern Russia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Spoken in a few inland villages south of the Gulf of Finland in Kingisepp County in the west of St Petersburg (Leningrad) Province in the Russian Federation. Concentrated in the villages of Krakol’e and Peski-Luzhitsy.

Stark gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
62
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
In 1989 50%% of the ethnic population of 62, were considered to be native speakers which is 31.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1989

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien): none

ORTE: Russia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Near St. Petersburg

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11-13
Muttersprachler weltweit
HALBSPRECHER
3
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
11 speakers proven, 2 unproken, 3 semispeakers

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2006

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"At present, Votic is almost never used as a means of communication... On their occasional meetings they speak Russian. Also, none of the Votic speakers today can speak the language inside their families: their parents have died, their spouses are not Votes, and younger generations do not speak Votic."

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

Positive or neutral

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Russian
Ingrian

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

"Only in the last couple of decades Votic identity has risen noticeably, mostly due to permanent interest and attention from linguists and the work of local activists."

ORTE: Ingria, Leningrad oblast, Russia

					2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge					Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	0		0	<25		10-99			<25	daily communication	Russian				All	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	All speakers are elderly, and prefer Russian in daily communication. All modern idiolects are heavily influenced by Ingrian, Finnish and Russian.	15	15	Northwestern Russia	Spoken in a few inland villages south of the Gulf of Finland in Kingisepp County in the west of St Petersburg (Leningrad) Province in the Russian Federation. Concentrated in the villages of Krakol’e and Peski-Luzhitsy.
		May		221	2013	Correlation between social and linguistic parameters in modeling language contact: Evidence from endangered Finnic varieties		53-76		De Gruyter Mouton	International Journal of the Sociology of Language			http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl.2013.2013.issue-221/ijsl-2013-0023/ijsl-2013-0023.xml?format=INT	Elena Markus and Fedor Rozhanskiy				61		<10	2011 (speaker numbers); 1991 (ethnic population)	1-9					Ingrian, Russian	Lower prestige	"...Votic identity has to some extent been restored in the last ten years, partially due to the national Votic festivals that have been held regularly in Luutsa village."	Language classes organized by activists, newspaper Maaväči	All	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"Both Ingrian and Votic populations have decreased drastically from the second half of the 20th-century onwards... In less than a hundred years, the number of Votes decreased almost tenfold while the number of Ingrians did not change significantly."		15	Leningrad oblast, Russia	Lower Luga area
0199255911					2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press		New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																								59.5,30.0
			16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		73		15	1997	10-99										Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Russia;	St. Petersburg, Kingisepp
https://www.academia.edu/8267418/Finnic_minorities_of_Ingria_The_current_sociolinguistic_situation_and_its_background_together_with_E._Markus_and_M._Muslimov_	Multilingual Education 13: Comparative studies on equality and diversity				2015	Finnic minorities of Ingria: The current sociolinguistic situation and its background	Cultural and linguistic minorities in the Russian Federation and the European Union	127-167	H. Marten and M. Riessler and J. Saarikivi and R. Toivanen	Berlin: Springer			6		Natalia Kuznetsova and Elena Markus and Mehmet Muslimov						11-13	2006	10-99	11 speakers proven, 2 unproken, 3 semispeakers	3		All	Russian, Ingrian	Positive or neutral	"Only in the last couple of decades Votic identity has risen noticeably, mostly due to permanent interest and attention from linguists and the work of local activists."		All	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"At present, Votic is almost never used as a means of communication... On their occasional meetings they speak Russian. Also, none of the Votic speakers today can speak the language inside their families: their parents have died, their spouses are not Votes, and younger generations do not speak Votic."	15	15	Ingria, Leningrad oblast, Russia
			3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub				20		10-99										Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							59.5858,28.4518
						World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.					25		10-99										Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9985-936922					1993	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire			Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits					http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook		"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.			62		31	1989	10-99	In 1989 50%% of the ethnic population of 62, were considered to be native speakers which is 31.			schools	Russian					Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				14	Russia	Near St. Petersburg

Votic

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15

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20

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25

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<25

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40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31

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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11-13

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Votic

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Sprachdokumentationsforum

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<25

Stark gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

31

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11-13

Diskussion

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